Digital Pick: Off Stage

In Ian Parker’s 2008 Profile, Alec Baldwin contemplated a life outside of acting. “I’m tired of being somebody else,” he said. “I spend the waking hours of my life saying things that other people think and say and do. And behaving as someone else. I’m tired of it. I want to be me! I want to be myself!” He now has a forum for exactly that with “Here’s the Thing,” a WNYC

(http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/heres-the-thing/id472939437) series that launched Monday and features Baldwin in conversation with actors, critics, comedians, and public-policy makers. The first episode features fellow actor Michael Douglas; future participants include the comedian Chris Rock and the political strategist Ed Rollins.

Photograph by Martin Schoeller

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